I apologize for the wall of text and look forward to your response. I also hope this conversation can continue without outside harassment. I don't expect my comment to be popular on this site.
No need to apologize.
My personal character assumptions were for other things... simple and not so simple things (trying to guess the direction you were taking the story and some prudish upbringing stuff I'm dealing with as I come across it ). None related to the social justice narrative.
Plus, you had already won me over with confidence in how you tell your story from earlier chapters (if that ever would have come across my mind).
I understand a lot of the exoteric and esoteric themes in your story, they are partially what let me know that I was actually in line for a well thought out story. I am an observer of the world and its trends. Due to the said dominant narratives that are a part of online and Western cultures, I was just assuming a reason why one would come to that conclusion. Most people might not intend to think those thoughts, but if the memes are a part of a major narrative they have come across, repeating them in ignorance might happen.
There are deceitful people (corporations and oligarchs) trying to hijack the good organizing that many people do for their communities. Out of ignorance, some people will aide in the hijacking (thus me using the term "faux social justice"). Corporate Social Justice is mostly hollow and forced (look up the new
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plan being used to force change) and that's what drives a lot of the "hate" for social justice as it becomes virtue signalling instead of genuine action.
I agree with you wholeheartedly about the good from social justice. Most people want a better world and do their best to utilize their gained experience in life. We all have our cross to bear, we just need to come to a point where we realize that (become "free") and stop adding more strain on those around us.
